Safety-razor.



No. 819,640. PATENTED MAY 1, 1906. J. J. FETZER.

1 SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1905 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. FETZER, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HERBRANI) COMPANY,OF FREMONT, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES J. FETZER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Columbiana, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

It y present invention relates to safety-razors, and has among itsobjects the reduction of a tool of this class which shal be at onceeffective in its operation, convenient light, and durable in 1tsconstruction, and formed of a minimum number of parts most readilyassembled or disconnected, so that it may as 'a consequence be easilycleaned and ke t clean.

he invention will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawin s, which form part of this s ecification, anwhereon the same letters 0 reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 represents m invention in perspective, the partsassemb ed and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section throuh the razor body, blade, and guard on an e arged scale. Fig. 3 is areverse or back view looking along the handle of the tool; and Fig. 4 isa segregated view, in front elevation, of the razor lads and guard readyfor assembling.

Reference being had to the drawings and letters thereon, A indicates thehandle of my improved razor, which may be of any approved shape, but foreconom and simplic- 1ty of construction is preferab y straight, asshown, with a screw-threaded operative end, as a.

B indicates the body of the im lement, preferably of rectangular form,fol ed upon Itself at b, as best shown by Fi .2 and 3, and at itscentertapped byascrew-t eaded 0 enin to receive threaded end a of the hand eA.

indicates the razor-guard provided at its sides with folded, overlappmor raised blade-retainin guides c c and shed u on its lower edge y asuitable comb or toot ed member D of ordinary construction. Above comb Dand between gpides c c this ard member is cut away as est shown by ig. 4to afford clearance or shavings of the bear and assist in the operationof cleaning the parts after use.

E indicates the razor-blade adapted to fit snugly between guides c c ofguard C and provided with laterally-extending ears upon 1ts upper edge,which latter engage the upper ends of the guard-guides c c, and therebyposition said guard and blade in operative relation. When so assembled,the guard C and blade E are laced between the main portion of the bodyand its overlapped portion or back b and there secured by a turn of thehandle A, the effect whereof is to jam blade E flat a ainst the innersurface of body B by force of the screw a exerted upon guard C near itsupper edge.

The construction and manner of assembling the parts of my presentinvention being substantially as stated, its use and operation is thatcommon to all razors of this type and need not, therefore, be hereindwelt upon.

The rovisions for readily and effectively assemb in the parts of myimproved razor however, eing substantially as shown an described, I donot propose to limit myself to this construction and arran ementprecisely.

Various changes and mo ifications may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, which being substantlally as shown willnow be claimed as follows:

I claim- 1. A safety-razor comprising in combina tion a body portionformed of spring-sections folded one upon the other, a removable bladeand guard -plate interposed between said sprin -sections, and ascrew-handle piercing one 0 said sections ada ted to force saidremovable members into c ose contact with the other of said sections,substantially as described.

2. A safety-razor comprising in combination a body portion formed offront and back spring-sections folded one upon the other, a removableblade and guard-plate interposed between said s ring-sections, and ascrewhandle threade through said back section and adapted to force saidremovable members into lockin en agement with the front section aforesaisu bstantially as described.

3. A safety-razor comprising in combination a body portion formed ofspring-sections folded one upon the other, a removable blade and guardplate interposed between said sprin 'sections, and e screw-handle havinga roun d advanceend threaded through one of said sections and adapted toforce said removable members into locking engagement with the other ofsaid body-sections,substan- I tielly as described.

4. A safety-razor comprising in combinelion a body portion formed ofspring-seotions folded one upon the other, a, removable blade 10 aremovable blade-carrying guard interposed between said spring-sections,and a screwhendle threaded through one of said section's stantially asdescribed;

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

JAMES J. FETZER. Witnesses:

HUGH M. STERLING,

WM. E. DYRE.

( With the other of said body-sections, sub- 1 5

